@@ -173,12 +173,6 @@ Linux or NTFS on Windows), then only the written sectors will reserve
space. Use @code{qemu-img info} to know the real size used by the
image or @code{ls -ls} on Unix/Linux.
-@item host_device
-
-Host device format. This format should be used instead of raw when
-converting to block devices or other devices where "holes" are not
-supported.
-
@item qcow2
QEMU image format, the most versatile format. Use it to have smaller
images (useful if your filesystem does not supports holes, for example
People shouldn't explicitly specify host_device any more. raw is doing the Right Thing. Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com> --- qemu-img.texi | 6 ------ 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)